Shudder Acquires Demonic Family Drama The Demon Disorder And Releases New Trailer: "Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thrillers and the supernatural, today announced the acquisition of The Demon Disorder from special effects master Steven Boyle (The Matrix Trilogy, The Hobbit Trilogy, King Kong). The streamer also released the trailer for the highly anticipated film, which marks Boyle’s feature directorial debut. Starring John Noble (The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy), Charles Cottier, Christian Willis, and Dirk Hunter, the film will make its exclusive streaming debut on Shudder in Fall 2024.
The Australian demonic family drama centers on Graham, a man haunted by his past since the death of his father and the estrangement from his two brothers. Jake, the middle brother, contacts Graham claiming that something is horribly wrong: their youngest brother Phillip is possessed by their deceased father. Graham reluctantly agrees to go and see for himself.
The Australian demonic family drama centers on Graham, a man haunted by his past since the death of his father and the estrangement from his two brothers. Jake, the middle brother, contacts Graham claiming that something is horribly wrong: their youngest brother Phillip is possessed by their deceased father. Graham reluctantly agrees to go and see for himself.
- 5/14/2024
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
The zombie genre resides comfortably under the umbrella of horror that it is rarely explored through different means. Then, you have films like Maggie, which stars Arnold Schwarzenegger in a rare dramatic turn, that features the concept in a different light. Prepare for the emotion and despair of seeing your loved ones return in an unnatural manner in the trailer for the Norway horror drama Handling the Undead. The film is based on the novel Hanteringen av odöda from the Let the Right One In author, John Ajvide Lindqvist. The new haunting trailer was just released by Neon.
The official synopsis from Neon reads,
“On a hot summer day in Oslo, the dead mysteriously awaken, and three families are thrown into chaos when their deceased loved ones come back to them. Who are they, and what do they want? A family is faced with the mother’s reawakening before they...
The official synopsis from Neon reads,
“On a hot summer day in Oslo, the dead mysteriously awaken, and three families are thrown into chaos when their deceased loved ones come back to them. Who are they, and what do they want? A family is faced with the mother’s reawakening before they...
- 5/8/2024
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
"He needs to go to a hospital." "No. Then we'll lose him again." Neon has debuted the second official trailer for the indie horror thriller from Norway titled Handling the Undead, from Norwegian filmmaker Thea Hvistendahl. This initially premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year to mostly mixed & negative reviews. This dramatic horror-thriller film takes place on a hot summer day in Oslo, Norway. The newly dead mysteriously awaken, and three families are thrown into chaos when their deceased loved ones come back to them. Who are they, and what do they want? What does this resurrection mean and are their loved ones back? I'm guessing no... Adapted from the novel by the same writer who wrote the Let the Right One In book. Starring Renate Reinsve (from The Worst Person in the World), Bjørn Sundquist, Bente Børsum, Anders Danielsen Lie, Bahar Pars, and Inesa Dauksta. "A story about grief and loss,...
- 5/8/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Neon is set to release horror drama Handling the Undead, based on the novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist (Let the Right One In), later this month. A brand new trailer unveiled this morning introduces a haunting examination of grief when the dead mysteriously resurrect.
Handling the Undead releases exclusively at the IFC Center in New York City on May 31 before expanding in select cities on June 7, 2024.
In the film, “On a hot summer day in Oslo, the dead mysteriously awaken, and three families are thrown into chaos when their deceased loved ones come back to them. Who are they, and what do they want? A family is faced with the mother’s reawakening before they have even mourned her death after a car accident; an elderly woman gets the love of her life back the same day she has buried her; a grandfather rescues his grandchild from the gravesite in...
Handling the Undead releases exclusively at the IFC Center in New York City on May 31 before expanding in select cities on June 7, 2024.
In the film, “On a hot summer day in Oslo, the dead mysteriously awaken, and three families are thrown into chaos when their deceased loved ones come back to them. Who are they, and what do they want? A family is faced with the mother’s reawakening before they have even mourned her death after a car accident; an elderly woman gets the love of her life back the same day she has buried her; a grandfather rescues his grandchild from the gravesite in...
- 5/8/2024
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Sundance Film Festival is heading to London again this summer and the programme is full of cinematic goodies. More below.
The days are getting lighter, the sun is shining ever so slightly more now and we’ve packed away our thickest wool jumpers, although we still need some thick socks. That must mean one thing and one thing only.
Sundance Film Festival: London is almost upon us.
Some might say summer is coming too, but we’re mostly excited for Sundance London, which has just revealed their full programme for this year’s festival. The festival brings a fine selection of films which originally premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January, in Park City, Utah. The crème de la crème, so to speak.
The festival will open on 6 June with a screening of Kneecap, Rich Peppiatt’s Irish-language film and draw to a close on 9 June with Sean Wang...
The days are getting lighter, the sun is shining ever so slightly more now and we’ve packed away our thickest wool jumpers, although we still need some thick socks. That must mean one thing and one thing only.
Sundance Film Festival: London is almost upon us.
Some might say summer is coming too, but we’re mostly excited for Sundance London, which has just revealed their full programme for this year’s festival. The festival brings a fine selection of films which originally premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January, in Park City, Utah. The crème de la crème, so to speak.
The festival will open on 6 June with a screening of Kneecap, Rich Peppiatt’s Irish-language film and draw to a close on 9 June with Sean Wang...
- 4/23/2024
- by Maria Lattila
- Film Stories
The first word that comes to mind when thinking of how to write about Thea Hvistendahl’s Handling the Undead is: dread. To expand: slow, ponderous dread. Written by John Ajvide Lindqvist (and based on his novel of the same name), this is a zombie movie in the tradition of the author’s own Let the Right One In. There are zombies here but, as with the vampires in the latter work, the focus is elsewhere, mostly. Its genre construct is meant to elevate a deeper kind of pain. In this incarnation, a series of sad people dealing with different variations of grief must contend with an unsettling new reality: those loved ones they’ve buried have come back to life.
But only somewhat. Stand-up comedian David (Anders Danielsen Lie) loses his wife (Bahar Pars) in a car accident, forced to face their two children in the immediate aftermath. Hours later,...
But only somewhat. Stand-up comedian David (Anders Danielsen Lie) loses his wife (Bahar Pars) in a car accident, forced to face their two children in the immediate aftermath. Hours later,...
- 1/29/2024
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
Early in Handling the Undead, an adolescent girl, Flora (Inesa Dauksta), plays a video game where shooting zombies is your ticket to staying alive. Rendered in crude 3D, these shambling, emaciated, flesh-hungry zombies are the familiar sort that have haunted the pop-cultural imagination, and this depiction stands in seeming contrast to the people who came back from the dead after a mysterious event in Thea Hvistendahl’s film. They don’t do much of anything except breath and stare from behind glassy eyes at a world we’re never really sure if they can comprehend. But while they’re shells of who they once were, silent and often immobile, they recall enough of where they came from to reach out to the people who grieve them.
Based on the novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist, who co-wrote the screenplay with Hvistendahl, the film moves between three non-intersecting subplots. In one, we...
Based on the novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist, who co-wrote the screenplay with Hvistendahl, the film moves between three non-intersecting subplots. In one, we...
- 1/29/2024
- by Steven Scaife
- Slant Magazine
A loud, high-pitched sound echoes through the streets of Oslo. Car alarms start going off everywhere. A citywide blackout begins. An elderly man, draped over his grandson’s grave, begins to hear the sound of muffled knocks coming from under the ground. “Grandpa is coming,” he says repeatedly. He grabs a shovel and begins to dig. So begins Handling the Undead, Thea Hvistendahl‘s somber feature directorial debut that acts as a haunting meditation on grief, daring to ask us what we would do if someone we loved returned from the dead.
Adapted from John Ajvide Lindqvist’s (Let the Right One In) 2005 novel of the same name (he also co-wrote the screenplay with Hvistendahl), Handling the Undead chronicles the lives of three families as they deal with the sudden return of their recently deceased loved ones. Anna is saved from a suicide attempt when her father Mahler (Bjørn Sundquist...
Adapted from John Ajvide Lindqvist’s (Let the Right One In) 2005 novel of the same name (he also co-wrote the screenplay with Hvistendahl), Handling the Undead chronicles the lives of three families as they deal with the sudden return of their recently deceased loved ones. Anna is saved from a suicide attempt when her father Mahler (Bjørn Sundquist...
- 1/26/2024
- by Trace Thurman
- bloody-disgusting.com
Sundance film festival: The Worst Person in the World’s Renate Reinsve leads a dour film about families dealing with the reappearance of deceased loved ones
The dead are returning in the chilly Norwegian drama Handling the Undead, a sad, somber attempt to guide the zombie genre from midnight movie to arthouse. It works in parts, as a study of the ache and irrationality of grief, asking its characters how much they’re willing to accept and deny in order to see their loved ones again. But the first-time director Thea Hvistendahl’s patience-insisting slow burn can be testing, like watching a block of ice slowly melt, a story told in the smallest of drips, some of which sink in deeper than others.
On a summer’s day in Oslo, three different dynamics are upended by this confounding re-emergence. A single mother (The Worst Person in the World’s Renate...
The dead are returning in the chilly Norwegian drama Handling the Undead, a sad, somber attempt to guide the zombie genre from midnight movie to arthouse. It works in parts, as a study of the ache and irrationality of grief, asking its characters how much they’re willing to accept and deny in order to see their loved ones again. But the first-time director Thea Hvistendahl’s patience-insisting slow burn can be testing, like watching a block of ice slowly melt, a story told in the smallest of drips, some of which sink in deeper than others.
On a summer’s day in Oslo, three different dynamics are upended by this confounding re-emergence. A single mother (The Worst Person in the World’s Renate...
- 1/24/2024
- by Benjamin Lee in Park City, Utah
- The Guardian - Film News
Perhaps the best way to describe the Norwegian zombie movie, Handling the Undead (Handtering av Udode), is as a mournful reflection on grief, on the struggle of the bereaved to let go of their departed loved ones. Based on the book by Swedish author John Ajvide Lindqvist, whose debut novel, Let the Right One In, became one of the best vampire movies of the 21st century — yielding a solid enough American remake, a so-so Showtime series and an innovative British stage adaptation — Thea Hvistendahl’s debut feature is a slow-burn experience that demands patience.
The degree to which that patience is rewarded will depend on the viewer’s willingness to get lost in the mood of pervasive anxiety and sorrow in a movie whose elegant restraint make it more psychological study than horror. That applies even once the rotting flesh-eaters have been revealed. One selling point of the multistrand drama...
The degree to which that patience is rewarded will depend on the viewer’s willingness to get lost in the mood of pervasive anxiety and sorrow in a movie whose elegant restraint make it more psychological study than horror. That applies even once the rotting flesh-eaters have been revealed. One selling point of the multistrand drama...
- 1/20/2024
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
If zombies weren’t so fixated on eating our brains, perhaps they’d be poignant to have around: semi-living, semi-breathing semblances of people we’ve loved, there to be seen and held and talked to, not truly present but not absent either. Whether that’s preferable to the void of death is the question underpinning “Handling the Undead” for much of its running time, even as the threat of the undead reverting to their usual habits gives this soft, sorrowful bereavement drama a core of cold-blooded horror. Thea Hvistendahl’s impressively restrained debut feature may keep its genre intentions just up its sleeve until the final act, but it never feels like a trick or a compromise: It’s a living-dead nightmare with a brain and a heart and, most importantly and inedibly, a soul.
The film’s somewhat liminal genre identity presents marketing challenges for U.S. distributor Neon...
The film’s somewhat liminal genre identity presents marketing challenges for U.S. distributor Neon...
- 1/20/2024
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
In the realm of zombie-themed films, a genre often fliled with clichés and predictable plot lines, Handling the Undead aims to stand out as something different.
Directed by Thea Hvistendahl, and written by Hvistendahl and John Ajvide Lindqvist, the film stars Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Bjørn Sundquist, Bente Børsum, Bahar Pars, Inesa Dauksta, Olga Damani, and Kian Hansen.
The story takes a subtle approach, diverging from the expected scenes of chaos and horror, while focusing on three families set against a backdrop of an apocalyptic event. The narrative is an exploration of human response to the unimaginable.
Handling the Undead opens with the camera hovering over a large apartment complex in the middle of a hot Oslo summer. Mahler (Sundquist) walks up the stairs to an apartment where his granddaughter (Reinsve) is blasting bossa nova music and painting her toenails before getting ready for work. There are pictures of...
Directed by Thea Hvistendahl, and written by Hvistendahl and John Ajvide Lindqvist, the film stars Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Bjørn Sundquist, Bente Børsum, Bahar Pars, Inesa Dauksta, Olga Damani, and Kian Hansen.
The story takes a subtle approach, diverging from the expected scenes of chaos and horror, while focusing on three families set against a backdrop of an apocalyptic event. The narrative is an exploration of human response to the unimaginable.
Handling the Undead opens with the camera hovering over a large apartment complex in the middle of a hot Oslo summer. Mahler (Sundquist) walks up the stairs to an apartment where his granddaughter (Reinsve) is blasting bossa nova music and painting her toenails before getting ready for work. There are pictures of...
- 1/20/2024
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Line-up for the 25th edition of the market includes 16 completed features, 15 Wip, 17 films in development.
Films by Sweat director Magnus von Horn and Margrete: Queen of the North filmmaker Charlotte Sieling will be presented at the 25th Nordic Film Market (January 31-February 2), the film marketplace of Goteborg Film Festival.
The projects are among the 15 Nordic films in post-production being showcased in the Works in Progress strand.
Scroll down for the full Market selection
Swedish director von Horn attends with The Girl With The Needle, a horror story set in 1910s Denmark, starring Trine Dyrholm and produced by Creative Alliance’s Malene Blenkov.
Films by Sweat director Magnus von Horn and Margrete: Queen of the North filmmaker Charlotte Sieling will be presented at the 25th Nordic Film Market (January 31-February 2), the film marketplace of Goteborg Film Festival.
The projects are among the 15 Nordic films in post-production being showcased in the Works in Progress strand.
Scroll down for the full Market selection
Swedish director von Horn attends with The Girl With The Needle, a horror story set in 1910s Denmark, starring Trine Dyrholm and produced by Creative Alliance’s Malene Blenkov.
- 1/16/2024
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
"I love you whether you like it or not." Neon has unveiled the first official trailer for the indie horror thriller from Norway titled Handling the Undead, marking the first narrative feature from Norwegian filmmaker Thea Hvistendahl. It was also announced today as part of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival line-up in the World Cinema Competition section. This dramatic horror-thriller takes place on a hot summer day in Oslo. The newly dead mysteriously awaken, and three families are thrown into chaos when their deceased loved ones come back to them. Who are they, and what do they want? What does this resurrection mean and are their loved ones back? Adapted from the novel by the same writer who wrote the Let the Right One In book. Starring Renate Reinsve (from The Worst Person in the World), Bjørn Sundquist, Bente Børsum, Anders Danielsen Lie, Bahar Pars, and Inesa Dauksta. Yes this is...
- 12/7/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
One of the genre films announced this afternoon for the upcoming Sundance Film Festival is Handling the Undead, based on the novel from writer John Ajvide Lindqvist (Let The Right One In). Neon unveiled a new trailer ahead of the fest, giving a closer look at families grappling with the sudden awakening of the dead.
A strange phenomena erupts across Oslo, causing a strange spike in electricity that resurrects people who recently died.
The Norwegian film is the feature-length directorial debut of filmmaker Thea Hvistendahl. The horror drama feature is based on the novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist. Lindqvist co-wrote the script along with the director.
In Handling the Undead: “On a hot summer day in Oslo, the newly dead awaken. Three families faced with loss try to figure out what this resurrection means and if their loved ones really are back.”
Watch the trailer below, which has a...
A strange phenomena erupts across Oslo, causing a strange spike in electricity that resurrects people who recently died.
The Norwegian film is the feature-length directorial debut of filmmaker Thea Hvistendahl. The horror drama feature is based on the novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist. Lindqvist co-wrote the script along with the director.
In Handling the Undead: “On a hot summer day in Oslo, the newly dead awaken. Three families faced with loss try to figure out what this resurrection means and if their loved ones really are back.”
Watch the trailer below, which has a...
- 12/6/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Next month’s Friday the 13th continues its streak for being one of the year’s busiest days for horror. The latest to land the coveted spot for release is Netflix‘s The Conference, and the new trailer promises a killer great time.
Look for The Conference exclusively on Netflix on October 13, 2023.
The slasher comedy is “about a teambuilding conference attended by municipal employees that spirals into a nightmare when accusations of corruption begin to circulate and plague the work environment. Simultaneously, a mysterious figure begins stalking and murdering the participants, one-by-one in this Swedish comedy slasher with warm, humoristic characters.”
It’s based on Mats Strandberg’s book of the same name.
The Conference is directed by Patrik Eklund and written by Thomas Moldestad. It stars Eva Melander, Katia Winter, and Adam Lundgren. Winter previously stared in Banshee Chapter, “Sleepy Hollow,” and “The Boys.”
Watch the brand new trailer...
Look for The Conference exclusively on Netflix on October 13, 2023.
The slasher comedy is “about a teambuilding conference attended by municipal employees that spirals into a nightmare when accusations of corruption begin to circulate and plague the work environment. Simultaneously, a mysterious figure begins stalking and murdering the participants, one-by-one in this Swedish comedy slasher with warm, humoristic characters.”
It’s based on Mats Strandberg’s book of the same name.
The Conference is directed by Patrik Eklund and written by Thomas Moldestad. It stars Eva Melander, Katia Winter, and Adam Lundgren. Winter previously stared in Banshee Chapter, “Sleepy Hollow,” and “The Boys.”
Watch the brand new trailer...
- 9/15/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Apple TV+ today announced that its international Emmy Award-winning global espionage thriller “Tehran” has been renewed for a third season, and that multi-Emmy Award nominee Hugh Laurie is set to join the ensemble cast. Created by Moshe Zonder, Dana Eden and Maor Kohn, and directed by Daniel Syrkin, season three of “Tehran” is now in production.
After its global debut on Apple TV+ last summer, which featured Glenn Close, the second season of “Tehran” was hailed as “nail-biting,” “thrilling” and “one of the most suspenseful Israeli shows ever made.” Season three of “Tehran” will expand its cast with Hugh Laurie in the role of Eric Peterson, a South African nuclear inspector. Laurie will star alongside Niv Sultan, who will reprise her widely acclaimed role as Mossad agent Tamar Rabinyan, as well as returning stars Shaun Toub and Shila Ommi, and new additions Sasson Gabai, Bahar Pars and Phoenix Raei.
Multi-Emmy...
After its global debut on Apple TV+ last summer, which featured Glenn Close, the second season of “Tehran” was hailed as “nail-biting,” “thrilling” and “one of the most suspenseful Israeli shows ever made.” Season three of “Tehran” will expand its cast with Hugh Laurie in the role of Eric Peterson, a South African nuclear inspector. Laurie will star alongside Niv Sultan, who will reprise her widely acclaimed role as Mossad agent Tamar Rabinyan, as well as returning stars Shaun Toub and Shila Ommi, and new additions Sasson Gabai, Bahar Pars and Phoenix Raei.
Multi-Emmy...
- 2/10/2023
- by TV Shows Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid - TV
Tehran is returning for a third season. Apple TV+ has renewed the spy drama and Hugh Laurie (House) is joining the series. The fate of Laurie's previous series, Avenue 5 on , is still officially up in the air but appears unlikely to be renewed for a third season.
Niv Sultan, Shaun Toub, Shila Ommi, Sasson Gabai, Bahar Pars, and Phoenix Raei star in the Tehran series which follows a Mossad agent, Tamar (Sultan), who goes undercover in Tehran. After going rogue in the second season, Tamar must find a way to reinvent herself and regain Mossad's support. Season two, which featured Glenn Close, finished airing last June.
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Niv Sultan, Shaun Toub, Shila Ommi, Sasson Gabai, Bahar Pars, and Phoenix Raei star in the Tehran series which follows a Mossad agent, Tamar (Sultan), who goes undercover in Tehran. After going rogue in the second season, Tamar must find a way to reinvent herself and regain Mossad's support. Season two, which featured Glenn Close, finished airing last June.
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- 2/9/2023
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Apple TV+ has announced that its International Emmy Award-winning global espionage thriller ‘Tehran’ has been renewed for a third season and that multi-Emmy Award nominee Hugh Laurie is set to join the ensemble cast.
After its global debut on Apple TV+ last summer, which featured Glenn Close, the second season was hailed as “nail-biting,” “thrilling” and “one of the most suspenseful Israeli shows ever made.” Season three will expand its cast with Hugh Laurie in the role of ‘Eric Peterson,’ a South African nuclear inspector. Laurie will star alongside Niv Sultan, who will reprise her widely acclaimed role as Mossad agent ‘Tamar Rabinyan,’ as well as returning stars Shaun Toub, and Shila Ommi, and new additions Sasson Gabai, Bahar Pars and Phoenix Raei.
Also in news – Ben Stiller in talks for series adaptation of documentary ‘Three Identical Strangers’
The series follows Tamar (Niv Sultan), a Mossad hacker agent who infiltrates Tehran under a false identity.
After its global debut on Apple TV+ last summer, which featured Glenn Close, the second season was hailed as “nail-biting,” “thrilling” and “one of the most suspenseful Israeli shows ever made.” Season three will expand its cast with Hugh Laurie in the role of ‘Eric Peterson,’ a South African nuclear inspector. Laurie will star alongside Niv Sultan, who will reprise her widely acclaimed role as Mossad agent ‘Tamar Rabinyan,’ as well as returning stars Shaun Toub, and Shila Ommi, and new additions Sasson Gabai, Bahar Pars and Phoenix Raei.
Also in news – Ben Stiller in talks for series adaptation of documentary ‘Three Identical Strangers’
The series follows Tamar (Niv Sultan), a Mossad hacker agent who infiltrates Tehran under a false identity.
- 2/9/2023
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Apple TV+ has announced that its International Emmy Award-winning global espionage thriller “Tehran” has been renewed for a third season, and that multi-Emmy Award nominee Hugh Laurie is set to join the ensemble cast. Created by Moshe Zonder, Dana Eden and Maor Kohn, and directed by Daniel Syrkin, season three of “Tehran” is now in production. After its global debut on Apple TV+ last summer, which featured Glenn Close, the second season of “Tehran” was hailed as “nail-biting,” “thrilling” and “one of the most suspenseful Israeli shows ever made.” Season three of “Tehran” will expand its cast with Hugh Laurie in the role of ‘Eric Peterson,’ a South African nuclear inspector. Laurie will star alongside Niv Sultan, who will reprise her widely acclaimed role as Mossad agent ‘Tamar Rabinyan,’ as well as returning stars Shaun Toub, and Shila Ommi, and new additions Sasson Gabai, Bahar Pars and Phoenix Raei. “Tehran...
- 2/9/2023
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
With Apple TV+ canceling some shows recently, we were concerned about the future of Tehran.
Thankfully, Apple TV+ today announced that its international Emmy Award-winning global espionage thriller has been renewed for a third season.
In an exciting casting decision, multi-Emmy Award nominee Hugh Laurie is set to join the ensemble cast.
Created by Moshe Zonder, Dana Eden, and Maor Kohn and directed by Daniel Syrkin, the third season is now in production.
The second season was a huge success for Apple TV+, drawing rave reviews.
Tehran Season 3 will expand its cast with Hugh Laurie in the role of Eric Peterson, a South African nuclear inspector.
Laurie will star alongside Niv Sultan, who will reprise her widely acclaimed role as Mossad agent Tamar Rabinyan, as well as returning stars Shaun Toub and Shila Ommi, and new additions Sasson Gabai, Bahar Pars and Phoenix Raei.
Tehran follows Tamar (Niv Sultan), a...
Thankfully, Apple TV+ today announced that its international Emmy Award-winning global espionage thriller has been renewed for a third season.
In an exciting casting decision, multi-Emmy Award nominee Hugh Laurie is set to join the ensemble cast.
Created by Moshe Zonder, Dana Eden, and Maor Kohn and directed by Daniel Syrkin, the third season is now in production.
The second season was a huge success for Apple TV+, drawing rave reviews.
Tehran Season 3 will expand its cast with Hugh Laurie in the role of Eric Peterson, a South African nuclear inspector.
Laurie will star alongside Niv Sultan, who will reprise her widely acclaimed role as Mossad agent Tamar Rabinyan, as well as returning stars Shaun Toub and Shila Ommi, and new additions Sasson Gabai, Bahar Pars and Phoenix Raei.
Tehran follows Tamar (Niv Sultan), a...
- 2/8/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Apple TV+ has renewed its Emmy-winning international espionage thriller Tehran for Season 3 and is adding a new member to its ensemble as Hugh Laurie joins the cast. Created by Moshe Zonder, Dana Eden, and Maor Kohn, Tehran is directed by co-creator Daniel Syrkin and is currently in production. The renewal comes following the success of Tehran‘s second season which featured Glenn Close. Tehran (Credit: Apple TV+) In Season 3, Tehran will expand its cast with the addition of Laurie in the role of Eric Peterson, a South African nuclear inspector. Laurie will feature alongside Niv Sultan, who is reprising her role as Mossad agent Tamar Rabinyan. Other stars reprising their roles in the series include Shaun Toub and Shila Ommi with Sasson Gabai, Bahar Pars, and Phoenix Raei joining the show in new roles. For those less familiar with the series, Tehran follows Tamar, a Mossad hacker agent who infiltrates Tehran under a false identity.
- 2/8/2023
- TV Insider
This doesn’t bode well for the future of HBO’s Avenue 5: Hugh Laurie has booked another full-time TV gig.
The TV vet is joining the cast of Apple TV+’s espionage thriller Tehran for its just-ordered third season, the streamer announced on Wednesday. He will play the series-regular role of Eric Peterson, a South African nuclear inspector.
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Laurie will star alongside returning cast members Niv Sultan, Shaun Toub and Shila Ommi,...
The TV vet is joining the cast of Apple TV+’s espionage thriller Tehran for its just-ordered third season, the streamer announced on Wednesday. He will play the series-regular role of Eric Peterson, a South African nuclear inspector.
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Laurie will star alongside returning cast members Niv Sultan, Shaun Toub and Shila Ommi,...
- 2/8/2023
- by Michael Ausiello
- TVLine.com
Apple TV+ has ordered a third season of “Tehran,” the global espionage thriller starring Niv Sultan and Glenn Close. Ten-time Emmy-nominated “House” star Hugh Laurie is the newest addition to the ensemble cast.
“Tehran,” which launched on Apple TV+ last summer, follows a Mossad hacker-agent named Tamar (Sultan) who infiltrates Tehran using a false identity. At the close of Season 2, she goes rogue following the loss of a close ally; in Season 3, she must once again reinvent herself to earn back Mossad’s support in order to survive.
Laurie will play Eric Peterson, a South African nuclear inspector. Other cast additions include Sasson Gabai, Bahar Pars and Phoenix Raei. Along with Sultan, Shaun Toub and Shila Omm will also return. Production is already underway.
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“‘Tehran’ is a nonstop thrill ride that has hooked fans around the globe.
“Tehran,” which launched on Apple TV+ last summer, follows a Mossad hacker-agent named Tamar (Sultan) who infiltrates Tehran using a false identity. At the close of Season 2, she goes rogue following the loss of a close ally; in Season 3, she must once again reinvent herself to earn back Mossad’s support in order to survive.
Laurie will play Eric Peterson, a South African nuclear inspector. Other cast additions include Sasson Gabai, Bahar Pars and Phoenix Raei. Along with Sultan, Shaun Toub and Shila Omm will also return. Production is already underway.
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‘Bosch’ Spinoffs Focused on Jerry Edgar, Renee Ballard in the Works at Amazon Studios
“‘Tehran’ is a nonstop thrill ride that has hooked fans around the globe.
- 2/8/2023
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
Apple TV+ has renewed “Tehran” for a third season, in which Hugh Laurie will join the cast as Eric Peterson, a South African nuclear inspector.
“Tehran” follows Tamar (Niv Sultan), a Mossad hacker-agent who infiltrates Tehran under a false identity. After going rogue at the end of Season 2 and reeling from the loss of her closest allies, in Season 3, Tamar must find a way to reinvent herself and win back the Mossad’s support if she is to survive. Shaun Toub and Shila Ommi return to play Faraz and Nahid, respectively, while Sasson Gabai, Bahar Pars and Phoenix Raei are new additions to the series.
Laurie is best known for starring as Dr. Gregory House in the Fox medical drama “House” for eight seasons, with other prominent credits including BBC One and AMC’s “The Night Manager,” HBO’s “Veep” and the films “Sense and Sensibility,” “The Borrowers” and “The Personal History of David Copperfield.
“Tehran” follows Tamar (Niv Sultan), a Mossad hacker-agent who infiltrates Tehran under a false identity. After going rogue at the end of Season 2 and reeling from the loss of her closest allies, in Season 3, Tamar must find a way to reinvent herself and win back the Mossad’s support if she is to survive. Shaun Toub and Shila Ommi return to play Faraz and Nahid, respectively, while Sasson Gabai, Bahar Pars and Phoenix Raei are new additions to the series.
Laurie is best known for starring as Dr. Gregory House in the Fox medical drama “House” for eight seasons, with other prominent credits including BBC One and AMC’s “The Night Manager,” HBO’s “Veep” and the films “Sense and Sensibility,” “The Borrowers” and “The Personal History of David Copperfield.
- 2/8/2023
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
The International Emmy-winning drama Tehran is getting a third season at Apple TV+ — and adding another Emmy nominee to its cast.
The tech giant’s streaming service has renewed Tehran for its third season and will add Hugh Laurie to its cast for the coming run. His casting follows that of Glenn Close, who appeared in season two of the Israeli spy thriller. Season three is in production; a debut date hasn’t been set.
Tehran follows Mossad agent Tamar Rabinyan (Niv Sultan), who goes on a deep-cover mission in the Iranian capital. Season three finds her reeling from the loss of her closest allies and looking for a way to reinvent herself and win back the Mossad’s support after going rogue at the end of season two.
“Tehran is a nonstop thrill ride that has hooked fans around the globe. Like viewers everywhere, we can’t wait for another heart-pounding season from Dana,...
The tech giant’s streaming service has renewed Tehran for its third season and will add Hugh Laurie to its cast for the coming run. His casting follows that of Glenn Close, who appeared in season two of the Israeli spy thriller. Season three is in production; a debut date hasn’t been set.
Tehran follows Mossad agent Tamar Rabinyan (Niv Sultan), who goes on a deep-cover mission in the Iranian capital. Season three finds her reeling from the loss of her closest allies and looking for a way to reinvent herself and win back the Mossad’s support after going rogue at the end of season two.
“Tehran is a nonstop thrill ride that has hooked fans around the globe. Like viewers everywhere, we can’t wait for another heart-pounding season from Dana,...
- 2/8/2023
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Hugh Laurie is headed to Tehran as the espionage drama has been renewed for a third season by Apple TV+.
The Night Manager and House, M.D. star has joined the cast of the Israeli spy thriller.
He’ll play a South African nuclear inspector and will join an ensemble cast that includes newcomers Sasson Gabai, Bahar Pars and Phoenix Raei. Returning stars include Niv Sultan, who plays Mossad agent Tamar Rabinyan, along with Sahun Toub and Shila Ommi.
The show follows Sultan as a hacker agent who infiltrates Iran’s capital Tehran under a false identity. Apple TV+ has greenlit production on Season 3, which has now begun and will follow Tamar as she tries to find a way to reinvent herself and win back Mossad’s support.
Moshe Zonder, Dana Eden and Maor Kohn are co-creators and Daniel Syrkin the director. Exec producers are Eden and Shula Spiegel for Donna and Shula Productions,...
The Night Manager and House, M.D. star has joined the cast of the Israeli spy thriller.
He’ll play a South African nuclear inspector and will join an ensemble cast that includes newcomers Sasson Gabai, Bahar Pars and Phoenix Raei. Returning stars include Niv Sultan, who plays Mossad agent Tamar Rabinyan, along with Sahun Toub and Shila Ommi.
The show follows Sultan as a hacker agent who infiltrates Iran’s capital Tehran under a false identity. Apple TV+ has greenlit production on Season 3, which has now begun and will follow Tamar as she tries to find a way to reinvent herself and win back Mossad’s support.
Moshe Zonder, Dana Eden and Maor Kohn are co-creators and Daniel Syrkin the director. Exec producers are Eden and Shula Spiegel for Donna and Shula Productions,...
- 2/8/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Neon has acquired North American and UK rights to the horror-drama Handling the Undead, marking the narrative feature debut of Thea Hvistendahl, who previously directed the documentary Adjø Montebello and several short films, including the SXSW Grand Jury Award-nominated Virgins4lyfe. The project reteams the distributor with Renate Reinsve and Anders Danielsen Lie, who starred in its Oscar-nominated romantic drama The Worst Person in the World, directed by Joachim Trier.
Handling the Undead picks up on an abnormally hot summer day in Oslo, as a strange electric field surrounds the city, with a collective migraine spreading across town. TVs, lightbulbs and electronics go haywire, the chaos reaching a debilitating crescendo when suddenly, it’s over.
The film currently in production is based on the novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist, the renowned writer of bestselling horror novels and the screenplays Border and Let the Right One In, who co-wrote the script with Hvistendahl.
Handling the Undead picks up on an abnormally hot summer day in Oslo, as a strange electric field surrounds the city, with a collective migraine spreading across town. TVs, lightbulbs and electronics go haywire, the chaos reaching a debilitating crescendo when suddenly, it’s over.
The film currently in production is based on the novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist, the renowned writer of bestselling horror novels and the screenplays Border and Let the Right One In, who co-wrote the script with Hvistendahl.
- 9/7/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Stockholm-based filmmaker Lovisa Sirén joins Goteborg’s Nordic competition with her feature debut, about semi-estranged sisters on a road-trip through Europe.
What inspired the story? And how do you work with your co-writer Peter Modestij?
Sirén: I was curious to do a story about women and kids, in the absence of men. How women are with each other, how their behavior changes in that space. From my own experience, many times that space creates a certain vibe that I wanted to show to the world. There are some men in the story as well and they do play an important part, but mostly it’s the relationships between the women and kids that inspired me. To have the sisters to be almost opposite to each other, still trapped in the same family, reluctantly on a road trip, made the idea interesting and dynamic to me. I wanted the film to...
What inspired the story? And how do you work with your co-writer Peter Modestij?
Sirén: I was curious to do a story about women and kids, in the absence of men. How women are with each other, how their behavior changes in that space. From my own experience, many times that space creates a certain vibe that I wanted to show to the world. There are some men in the story as well and they do play an important part, but mostly it’s the relationships between the women and kids that inspired me. To have the sisters to be almost opposite to each other, still trapped in the same family, reluctantly on a road trip, made the idea interesting and dynamic to me. I wanted the film to...
- 1/31/2022
- by Alissa Simon
- Variety Film + TV
International sales and aggregation outfit LevelK has picked up darkly funny feature “The Cake Dynasty,” toplining Anders Thomas Jensen regular Nicolas Bro. The feature is adapted from the eponymous stage play by debut director Christian Lollike.
One of Denmark’s most lauded contemporary playwrights and stage directors, Lollike is well-known for his topical and often politically-charged works staged in Europe, Australia and the U.S.
Co-written by Lollike and Sigrid Johannesen, “The Cake Dynasty” turns on debt-ridden cake factory owner Niels Agger whose numerous suicide attempts have failed miserably. His wife Else tries to save the factory by asking her daughter and son-in-law for help. The young business school graduates suggest a comprehensive modernisation of the factory, focusing on trendsetting healthy food. Stressed about these new ideas, Niels instead falls in love with the factory’s new cleaning lady, Zeinab, originally from Iraq.
Cast against Nicolas Bro as the crisis-stricken...
One of Denmark’s most lauded contemporary playwrights and stage directors, Lollike is well-known for his topical and often politically-charged works staged in Europe, Australia and the U.S.
Co-written by Lollike and Sigrid Johannesen, “The Cake Dynasty” turns on debt-ridden cake factory owner Niels Agger whose numerous suicide attempts have failed miserably. His wife Else tries to save the factory by asking her daughter and son-in-law for help. The young business school graduates suggest a comprehensive modernisation of the factory, focusing on trendsetting healthy food. Stressed about these new ideas, Niels instead falls in love with the factory’s new cleaning lady, Zeinab, originally from Iraq.
Cast against Nicolas Bro as the crisis-stricken...
- 8/25/2021
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
Vimeo has announced its 2018 nominees for the Best of the Year Staff Picks Awards. Vimeo has recognized the best Staff Picks of the year by calling out the winners on its blog since 2016, but the company is elevating its end-of-the-year celebration this year by revealing nominations and bringing in a distinguished jury for each category to decide the winner. Each award recipient will receive a cash prize and a physical trophy, in addition to the Best of the Year badge, and the winning films will be screened at Nitehawk Cinema in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on January 17th.
There are three jurors for each Staff Pick category, including the 2017 winners for each respective category. Categories include: Best of Action Sports, Best of Animation, Best of Comedy, Best of Documentary, Best of Drama, Best of Eye Candy and Best of Travel. Jury members include Alan Cumming, Roger Ross Williams, Reinaldo Green, and Sarah Schneider,...
There are three jurors for each Staff Pick category, including the 2017 winners for each respective category. Categories include: Best of Action Sports, Best of Animation, Best of Comedy, Best of Documentary, Best of Drama, Best of Eye Candy and Best of Travel. Jury members include Alan Cumming, Roger Ross Williams, Reinaldo Green, and Sarah Schneider,...
- 1/7/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
A moving and funny tale of a suicidal Swedish mechanic being helped by his pregnant Persian neighbour
Based on Swedish author Fredrik Backman’s bestselling novel, this feelgood black comedy tracks Ove (Rolf Lassgård), a grumpy, grieving mechanic and “nit-picking obstructionist” who’s just lost his job. A string of Ove’s suicide attempts are thwarted by a series of comically mundane interruptions, which introduce him to new neighbour Parvaneh (Bahar Pars), a straight-talking pregnant Persian with two small children who adore him. Filip Berg plays Ove the young man, giving context to his brittleness in flashback form. It’s moving, then, to see his cantankerousness melted away by Parvaneh’s sunny good nature. By giving voice to blue-collar anxieties before working to resolve them, the film suggests that community can cure almost all ailments.
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Based on Swedish author Fredrik Backman’s bestselling novel, this feelgood black comedy tracks Ove (Rolf Lassgård), a grumpy, grieving mechanic and “nit-picking obstructionist” who’s just lost his job. A string of Ove’s suicide attempts are thwarted by a series of comically mundane interruptions, which introduce him to new neighbour Parvaneh (Bahar Pars), a straight-talking pregnant Persian with two small children who adore him. Filip Berg plays Ove the young man, giving context to his brittleness in flashback form. It’s moving, then, to see his cantankerousness melted away by Parvaneh’s sunny good nature. By giving voice to blue-collar anxieties before working to resolve them, the film suggests that community can cure almost all ailments.
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- 7/2/2017
- by Simran Hans
- The Guardian - Film News
Author: Linda Marric
Nominated for two Academy Awards and adapted from Fredrik Backman’s 2012 novel of the same name, A Man Called Ove tells a touching story which centres around themes of love, death and the infinite wonder of the human condition. Directed by Hannes Holm who also wrote the screenplay, this brilliantly crafted Swedish black comedy depicts one of the most genuinely touching stories you will come across this year. Comparisons with last year’s other European surprise hit Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade) are understandable considering that both films feature men of a certain age dealing with existential crises, yet the similarities end here.
Fifty nine year old Ove (Rolf Lassgård) has been widowed for a year since losing his wife Sonja (Ida Engvoll) to cancer. After being made redundant from the only job he has ever had, Ove decides that life is no longer worth living without his soulmate,...
Nominated for two Academy Awards and adapted from Fredrik Backman’s 2012 novel of the same name, A Man Called Ove tells a touching story which centres around themes of love, death and the infinite wonder of the human condition. Directed by Hannes Holm who also wrote the screenplay, this brilliantly crafted Swedish black comedy depicts one of the most genuinely touching stories you will come across this year. Comparisons with last year’s other European surprise hit Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade) are understandable considering that both films feature men of a certain age dealing with existential crises, yet the similarities end here.
Fifty nine year old Ove (Rolf Lassgård) has been widowed for a year since losing his wife Sonja (Ida Engvoll) to cancer. After being made redundant from the only job he has ever had, Ove decides that life is no longer worth living without his soulmate,...
- 6/29/2017
- by Linda Marric
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Music Box Films managing director Edward Arentz is leaving the company he co-founded with William Schopf in 2007. Arentz oversaw acquisition, marketing and distribution at the arthouse distributor, which has released nearly 100 titles and earned seven Academy Award nominations. One of the company’s most recent hits, the Swedish comedy “A Man Called Ove,” was the highest-grossing foreign-language movie of the year, taking in $3.3. million, and earned an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.
Read More: How ‘A Man Called Ove’ Became a Sleeper For the Best Foreign Film Oscar
Some of the company’s other standout titles include 2008’s “Tell No One,” based on Harlen Coben’s bestseller; the original Swedish version of “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” starring Noomi Rapace; Terence Davies’s “The Deep Blue Sea,” starring Rachel Weisz and Tom Hiddleston; Pawel Pawlikowski’s Foreign Language Oscar-winning “Ida,” and the Sundance Audience Award-winning documentary “Meru.
Read More: How ‘A Man Called Ove’ Became a Sleeper For the Best Foreign Film Oscar
Some of the company’s other standout titles include 2008’s “Tell No One,” based on Harlen Coben’s bestseller; the original Swedish version of “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” starring Noomi Rapace; Terence Davies’s “The Deep Blue Sea,” starring Rachel Weisz and Tom Hiddleston; Pawel Pawlikowski’s Foreign Language Oscar-winning “Ida,” and the Sundance Audience Award-winning documentary “Meru.
- 4/18/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
A Man Called Ove (En man som heter Ove, 2015), is an emotional, inspiring drama with plenty of comic relief and one of the most feel-good films I’ve seen in quite a while. The film is a bildungsroman of its central character, Ove (Rolf Lassgård), who becomes a new version of his younger self through mourning the death of his wife. His process, as told by writer/director Hannes Holm, gracefully highlights, and punctuates, the human ability to honor the past and to learn presence in new surroundings. Starting from a place of loss, A Man Called Ove becomes a love story to friendship, with his neighbor, Parvaneh (Bahar Pars) and to rebirth. I spoke with Swedish writer/director Hannes Holm about writing a screenplay, who Ove represents, and the importance of all moments. The interview has been edited for brevity and clarity.
CinemaNerdz: The film is based on a novel written by Fredrik Bachman.
CinemaNerdz: The film is based on a novel written by Fredrik Bachman.
- 4/15/2017
- by Dina Paulson-McEwen
- CinemaNerdz
A Man Called Ove (En man som heter Ove) is a humanist piece of new Sweden cinema originally released in 2015, reminiscent of last year’s excellent work, Rams, from nearby Iceland. Both films carefully explore emotion after tragedy and offer knockout protagonist and supporting character performances. While the storyline here is not new—a group of young souls soften the heart of a persnickety elder—the film’s elegance, led by writer/director Hannes Holm adapting the story from Fredrik Backman, is pitch perfect in situating us as bystanders with just enough distance from the characters to develop a healthy pathos. By healthy pathos, I mean that we never, truly, can characterize Ove (Rolf Lassgård), who is mourning the loss of his wife, as evil; if we have inklings of this we are pushed to see beyond his behaviors. This doesn’t mean we don’t let him off the hook,...
- 4/15/2017
- by Dina Paulson-McEwen
- CinemaNerdz
Sunday’s Oscars 2017 are driven by two competing narratives. The question is which one will dominate the night.
We know Damien Chazelle’s retro musical “La La Land” (Lionsgate) will take home a slew of Oscars. But out of its record-tying 14 nominations, will it win five, like the BAFTAs? Seven, like its Golden Globes sweep? Or can it break the record of 11? (Three epic spectacles hold the record for most Oscar wins: “Titanic,” “Ben-Hur,” and “Lord of the Rings: Return of the King.”) “West Side Story” holds the record for a musical, with 10 wins.
Check my predictions below: By my “La La Land” tally, it’s nine.
The second story of the night: a dramatic course correction a year after #Oscarsowhite. The Academy actors’ branch nominated a record seven actors of color: familiar faces Octavia Spencer (Fox’s “Hidden Figures”) and Paramount’s “Fences” stars Denzel Washington (his eighth nomination...
We know Damien Chazelle’s retro musical “La La Land” (Lionsgate) will take home a slew of Oscars. But out of its record-tying 14 nominations, will it win five, like the BAFTAs? Seven, like its Golden Globes sweep? Or can it break the record of 11? (Three epic spectacles hold the record for most Oscar wins: “Titanic,” “Ben-Hur,” and “Lord of the Rings: Return of the King.”) “West Side Story” holds the record for a musical, with 10 wins.
Check my predictions below: By my “La La Land” tally, it’s nine.
The second story of the night: a dramatic course correction a year after #Oscarsowhite. The Academy actors’ branch nominated a record seven actors of color: familiar faces Octavia Spencer (Fox’s “Hidden Figures”) and Paramount’s “Fences” stars Denzel Washington (his eighth nomination...
- 2/24/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
As voters hover over their ballots, which are due February 21, the Best Foreign-Language Feature category presents a dilemma that’s unique to this year. Traditionally, many don’t vote in this category unless they’ve seen all the films. While the Academy sends links as well as screeners for all five nominees, it’s an honor system.
No one’s asking them to do anything differently now, but this year they may have a different reason to vote. Three out of the five documentary short Oscars focus on fallout from the Syrian conflict, as does documentary feature “Fire at Sea.”
Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, who won an Oscar in 2012 for “A Separation” and whose second Oscar-nominated film, “The Salesman” (Cohen Media), is playing on more than 65 screens and could pass the $1 million mark this weekend, grabbed a lot of press when he canceled his plans to attend the February 26th...
No one’s asking them to do anything differently now, but this year they may have a different reason to vote. Three out of the five documentary short Oscars focus on fallout from the Syrian conflict, as does documentary feature “Fire at Sea.”
Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, who won an Oscar in 2012 for “A Separation” and whose second Oscar-nominated film, “The Salesman” (Cohen Media), is playing on more than 65 screens and could pass the $1 million mark this weekend, grabbed a lot of press when he canceled his plans to attend the February 26th...
- 2/18/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
As voters hover over their ballots, which are due February 21, the Best Foreign-Language Feature category presents a dilemma that’s unique to this year. Traditionally, many don’t vote in this category unless they’ve seen all the films. While the Academy sends links as well as screeners for all five nominees, it’s an honor system.
No one’s asking them to do anything differently now, but this year they may have a different reason to vote. Three out of the five documentary short Oscars focus on fallout from the Syrian conflict, as does documentary feature “Fire at Sea.”
Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, who won an Oscar in 2012 for “A Separation” and whose second Oscar-nominated film, “The Salesman” (Cohen Media), is playing on more than 65 screens and could pass the $1 million mark this weekend, grabbed a lot of press when he canceled his plans to attend the February 26th...
No one’s asking them to do anything differently now, but this year they may have a different reason to vote. Three out of the five documentary short Oscars focus on fallout from the Syrian conflict, as does documentary feature “Fire at Sea.”
Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, who won an Oscar in 2012 for “A Separation” and whose second Oscar-nominated film, “The Salesman” (Cohen Media), is playing on more than 65 screens and could pass the $1 million mark this weekend, grabbed a lot of press when he canceled his plans to attend the February 26th...
- 2/18/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Two years after winning the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, “Ida” director Paweł Pawlikowski has begun work on his follow-up. “Cold War” is described by Deadline as a “passionate love story between two people of different backgrounds and temperaments — who are fatally mismatched yet fatefully condemned to one another” that takes place in 1950s Poland, Berlin, Yugoslavia and Paris.
Read More: Oscar-Nominated ‘Ida’ Director Pawel Pawlikowski On How He’s Surviving Awards Season
“Ida,” the first Polish film to win the foreign-language Oscar, also took home a BAFTA Award and was nominated for a Golden Globe (“Leviathan” won). Tomasz Kot, Joanna Kulig and Agata Kulesza (who was named Best Supporting Actress by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association for her role in “Ida”) all star in “Cold War,” about which little is currently known other than the premise.
Read More: ‘A Man Called Ove’ Co-Star Bahar Pars May...
Read More: Oscar-Nominated ‘Ida’ Director Pawel Pawlikowski On How He’s Surviving Awards Season
“Ida,” the first Polish film to win the foreign-language Oscar, also took home a BAFTA Award and was nominated for a Golden Globe (“Leviathan” won). Tomasz Kot, Joanna Kulig and Agata Kulesza (who was named Best Supporting Actress by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association for her role in “Ida”) all star in “Cold War,” about which little is currently known other than the premise.
Read More: ‘A Man Called Ove’ Co-Star Bahar Pars May...
- 2/7/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
While “La La Land” remains the obvious favorite in the cinematography race — thanks to Linus Sandgren’s sumptuous imagery — there are four other great movies in contention (“Arrival,” “Lion,” “Moonlight,” and “Silence”). So it’s entirely possible that one of the Best-Picture Oscar contenders (“Arrival,” “Lion,” or “Moonlight”) could pull off an upset.
Read More: How ‘La La Land’ Cinematographer Linus Sandgren Taught His Cameras to Dance
We’ll get a better gauge for how this plays out at the Asc Awards on Saturday. In the last 20 years, the Asc winner has earned the Oscar 11 times — and this year the same five are in contention for the fifth time in the last three decades.
“La La Land”
If Damien Chazelle’s rapturous love letter to the Hollywood musical is primed for Best Picture glory, then logic dictates that Sandgren’s acclaimed work should be honored as well. New to the musical,...
Read More: How ‘La La Land’ Cinematographer Linus Sandgren Taught His Cameras to Dance
We’ll get a better gauge for how this plays out at the Asc Awards on Saturday. In the last 20 years, the Asc winner has earned the Oscar 11 times — and this year the same five are in contention for the fifth time in the last three decades.
“La La Land”
If Damien Chazelle’s rapturous love letter to the Hollywood musical is primed for Best Picture glory, then logic dictates that Sandgren’s acclaimed work should be honored as well. New to the musical,...
- 2/2/2017
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
In addition to “The Salesman” and “The White Helmets,” it now looks as though yet another Academy Award–nominated movie has been affected by Donald Trump’s Muslim ban: “A Man Called Ove,” whose co-star Bahar Pars may not be allowed to enter the United States and attend the ceremony. Deadline first broke the news.
Read More: The American Film Institute Releases Statement in Support of ‘Salesman’ Director Asghar Farhadi
Pars, who was born in Iran (one of the seven countries listed in last week’s executive order), has lived in Sweden for the last 18 years. She tells Deadline that, despite calling the Scandinavian her home for nearly two decades, “it’s about where you are born. They took away my identity. In one night, I’m not Swedish anymore.” Though an exemption has now been made for those who, like her, hold dual citizenship, things are moving and changing...
Read More: The American Film Institute Releases Statement in Support of ‘Salesman’ Director Asghar Farhadi
Pars, who was born in Iran (one of the seven countries listed in last week’s executive order), has lived in Sweden for the last 18 years. She tells Deadline that, despite calling the Scandinavian her home for nearly two decades, “it’s about where you are born. They took away my identity. In one night, I’m not Swedish anymore.” Though an exemption has now been made for those who, like her, hold dual citizenship, things are moving and changing...
- 2/1/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Bahar Pars was born in Iran and has lived in Sweden for 18 years, carrying passports from both countries. But the co-star of Music Box’s Foreign Language Oscar nominee A Man Called Ove may now join other talent in being barred from entering the United States and attending the Academy Awards. Under the "Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry" executive order signed by President Donald Trump last Friday, people from seven countries including Iran…...
- 2/1/2017
- Deadline
There’s no question that “Arrival” is one of the best-crafted movies of 2016 — its many critics group and guild nominations attest to this. On Oscar nominations morning, the sci-fi drama will likely dominate the field along with “La La Land.” And in a competitive year for the Best Actress Oscar, Amy Adams is in contention for a slot.
Read More: ‘Arrival’ Star Amy Adams: Queen of the Fall Festivals ands Maybe Oscar
All that said, there’s no way this film’s smart script and unique visuals would have survived a studio’s development process.
The movie boasts an unusual pedigree: Independently produced by Fox’s 21 Laps producer Shawn Levy, Film Nation and Lava Bear, and acquired by Paramount at auction for $20 million at Cannes 2014, “Arrival” is far from Hollywood standard fare. It’s custom-made and idiosyncratic in all the right ways. Montreal filmmaker Denis Villeneuve, who has charted...
Read More: ‘Arrival’ Star Amy Adams: Queen of the Fall Festivals ands Maybe Oscar
All that said, there’s no way this film’s smart script and unique visuals would have survived a studio’s development process.
The movie boasts an unusual pedigree: Independently produced by Fox’s 21 Laps producer Shawn Levy, Film Nation and Lava Bear, and acquired by Paramount at auction for $20 million at Cannes 2014, “Arrival” is far from Hollywood standard fare. It’s custom-made and idiosyncratic in all the right ways. Montreal filmmaker Denis Villeneuve, who has charted...
- 1/12/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The American Society of Cinematographers nominees for the 31st annual Asc Awards (February 4) boost Oscar frontrunners “La La Land” and “Moonlight” as well as Rodrigo Prieto’s 35 mm work on “Silence,” Greig Fraser’s “Lion” and “Arrival,” whose cinematographer Bradford Young would be the first African-American Oscar nominee.
“Arrival,” “La La Land” and “Lion” also landed BAFTA nods.
Left out by the Asc but still vying for Oscar nominations are Charlotte Bruus Christensen (“Fences”), Roger Deakins (“Hail, Caesar!”), Stephane Fontaine (“Jackie”), Jody Lee Lipes (“Manchester By the Sea”), Seamus McGarvey (“Nocturnal Animals”), Giles Nuttgens (“Hell or High Water”) and Mandy Walker (“Hidden Figures”).
The Asc nominees below are all first-timers except for third-timer Prieto, who was also nominated “Frida” (2002) and “Brokeback Mountain” (2005). All other nominees this year are first-time contenders (see my Oscar predictions in this category):
Greig Fraser, Asc, Acs for “Lion”
James Laxton for “Moonlight”
Rodrigo Prieto,...
“Arrival,” “La La Land” and “Lion” also landed BAFTA nods.
Left out by the Asc but still vying for Oscar nominations are Charlotte Bruus Christensen (“Fences”), Roger Deakins (“Hail, Caesar!”), Stephane Fontaine (“Jackie”), Jody Lee Lipes (“Manchester By the Sea”), Seamus McGarvey (“Nocturnal Animals”), Giles Nuttgens (“Hell or High Water”) and Mandy Walker (“Hidden Figures”).
The Asc nominees below are all first-timers except for third-timer Prieto, who was also nominated “Frida” (2002) and “Brokeback Mountain” (2005). All other nominees this year are first-time contenders (see my Oscar predictions in this category):
Greig Fraser, Asc, Acs for “Lion”
James Laxton for “Moonlight”
Rodrigo Prieto,...
- 1/11/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The five nominees for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary for 2016 are all on the Oscar shortlist of 15.
Getting a boost as Oscar documentary branch voters fill out their ballots this week are six first-time nominees:
Otto Bell “The Eagle Huntress” (Sony Pictures Classics)
Ezra Edelman “O.J.: Made in America” (Espn Films)
John Kriegman & Elyse Steinberg “Weiner” (Sundance Selects)
Raoul Peck “I Am Not Your Negro” (Magnolia Pictures)
Roger Ross Williams “Life, Animated” (The Orchard)
Overlapping with the PGA’s nominated documentaries are “Life, Animated,” “O.J.: Made in America,” and “The Eagle Huntress,” the last of which also landed a BAFTA nod, along with “13th” and “Weiner.”
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Getting a boost as Oscar documentary branch voters fill out their ballots this week are six first-time nominees:
Otto Bell “The Eagle Huntress” (Sony Pictures Classics)
Ezra Edelman “O.J.: Made in America” (Espn Films)
John Kriegman & Elyse Steinberg “Weiner” (Sundance Selects)
Raoul Peck “I Am Not Your Negro” (Magnolia Pictures)
Roger Ross Williams “Life, Animated” (The Orchard)
Overlapping with the PGA’s nominated documentaries are “Life, Animated,” “O.J.: Made in America,” and “The Eagle Huntress,” the last of which also landed a BAFTA nod, along with “13th” and “Weiner.”
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- 1/11/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
‘A Man Called Ove’ (Courtesy: Anders Nicander)
By: Carson Blackwelder
Managing Editor
The Oscar race in the best makeup and hairstyling category is heating up — and there’s one potential nominee that deserves a little more attention than the others: A Man Called Ove, the Swedish submission for best foreign language film. This work has some major competition, for sure, but is poised to make history as its quite rare for non-English films to receive this honor.
A Man Called Ove — a film based on Fredrik Backman’s 2012 book of the same name that was written and directed by Hannes Holm — is a surprising contender up against superhero and sci-fi films like Deadpool, Star Trek Beyond, and Suicide Squad as well as your typical comedy-dramas such as The Dressmaker, Florence Foster Jenkins, and Hail, Caesar! now that the Academy has announced their shortlist for the category. That being said, A...
By: Carson Blackwelder
Managing Editor
The Oscar race in the best makeup and hairstyling category is heating up — and there’s one potential nominee that deserves a little more attention than the others: A Man Called Ove, the Swedish submission for best foreign language film. This work has some major competition, for sure, but is poised to make history as its quite rare for non-English films to receive this honor.
A Man Called Ove — a film based on Fredrik Backman’s 2012 book of the same name that was written and directed by Hannes Holm — is a surprising contender up against superhero and sci-fi films like Deadpool, Star Trek Beyond, and Suicide Squad as well as your typical comedy-dramas such as The Dressmaker, Florence Foster Jenkins, and Hail, Caesar! now that the Academy has announced their shortlist for the category. That being said, A...
- 12/31/2016
- by Carson Blackwelder
- Scott Feinberg
Rolf Lassgard as Ove in the Swedish dark comedy A Man Called Ove. Photo courtesy of Music Box Films ©
In the Swedish dark comedy A Man Called Ove, director/scriptwriter Hannes Holm takes us on a roller-coaster trip through the life of old curmudgeon. Ove (Rolf Lassgard) is the kind of guy every neighborhood seems to have, the obsessively neat, angry rule-enforcer who checks up on things and sees that everyone follows the rules – all of them.
Ove cracks down on his neighbors during his daily rounds to check up on things, a habit left over from when he was the chair of the neighborhood committee. But Ove definitely is not a friendly neighbor. Basically, this crabby widower just wants to be left alone. Recently widowed, he visits his late wife Sonja’s (Ida Engvoll) grave every day, to bring flowers and complain. Suddenly without a job at age 59, he decides to join her.
In the Swedish dark comedy A Man Called Ove, director/scriptwriter Hannes Holm takes us on a roller-coaster trip through the life of old curmudgeon. Ove (Rolf Lassgard) is the kind of guy every neighborhood seems to have, the obsessively neat, angry rule-enforcer who checks up on things and sees that everyone follows the rules – all of them.
Ove cracks down on his neighbors during his daily rounds to check up on things, a habit left over from when he was the chair of the neighborhood committee. But Ove definitely is not a friendly neighbor. Basically, this crabby widower just wants to be left alone. Recently widowed, he visits his late wife Sonja’s (Ida Engvoll) grave every day, to bring flowers and complain. Suddenly without a job at age 59, he decides to join her.
- 10/14/2016
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Chicago – In 2012, Fredrik Backman released his Swedish novel called “En man som heter Ove.” It was published in English in 2013, and became a best seller. The book that delved into the life of a cranky old man is now a major Swedish movie, distributed in the U.S. by Chicago’s Music Box Films, and directed by Hannes Holm.
Holms is a veteran film director from Sweden, who started out as a comic actor on Swedish television. His third film, “Adam & Eva,” broke into European markets, but “A Man Called Ove” is his first worldwide release. The film is also Sweden’s official entry in the Best Foreign Language Film category for the upcoming Oscars – which Holms calls “a lottery.” He spoke to HollywoodChicago.com last weekend, in anticipation of the U.S. release of the film on September 30th, 2016.
Bahar Pars and Rolf Lassgard in ‘A Man Called Ove...
Holms is a veteran film director from Sweden, who started out as a comic actor on Swedish television. His third film, “Adam & Eva,” broke into European markets, but “A Man Called Ove” is his first worldwide release. The film is also Sweden’s official entry in the Best Foreign Language Film category for the upcoming Oscars – which Holms calls “a lottery.” He spoke to HollywoodChicago.com last weekend, in anticipation of the U.S. release of the film on September 30th, 2016.
Bahar Pars and Rolf Lassgard in ‘A Man Called Ove...
- 9/29/2016
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
A Man Called Ove (En man som heter Ove) Music Box Films Reviewed by: Harvey Karten, Shockya Grade: B+ Director: Hannes Holm Written by: Hannes Holm based on Fredrik Backman’s novel Cast: Rolf Lassgård, Bahar Pars, Filip Berg, Ida Engvoll, Tobias Almborg, Klas Wiljergard Screened at: Review 2, NYC, 9/15/16 Opens: September 30, 2016 In Charles Dickens’ 1843 novel “A Christmas Carol,” Scrooge changes from one of the world’s most famous curmudgeons (“If I could work my will, every idiot who goes about with ‘Merry Christmas’ on his lips should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart”) to a regular human [ Read More ]
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- 9/24/2016
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
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